EditorialSteel sextant by one observer, Illustration of a steel sextant for measuring distances by a single observer from the 17th century, Fig. 17, p. 60, 1602, Tycho Brahe: Tychonis Brahe Astronomiae instauratae mechanica. Noribergae [N?rnberg]: apud Levinum ...
EditorialMary and Child, She stands on a plinth-shaped floor with the right leg forward, holding with her right hand the naked child facing the observer, whose left legs she holds fast. The Child holds a rosary hanging around him with both hands, on which a pra...
EditorialA sketch of the operations of the campaign in the Netherlands. June 1815. (The Waterloo campaign). The Battle of Waterloo, also of Ligny and Quatre-Bras described by ... a near observer ... [A narrative by C. A. Eaton, with a sketch by J. Waldie... fro...
EditorialAn historical map & plan of the campaign in Belgium, A.D.1815 ... with the attacks of the 15th. Battles of Ligny and Quatre Bras on the 16th and of the Battle of Waterloo ... The Battle of Waterloo, also of Ligny and Quatre-Bras described by ... a near...
EditorialSpotland soldier killed by a sniper'. A casualty report in a newspaper, during the First World War. The casualty being Private Charles Wright of the 11th battalion of the highland light infantry, killed in France. . Rochdale Observer. 15/12/1915. Sourc...
EditorialTelegraph machines: the telegraph on the Louvre in Paris 1, and the telegraph at Lille showing the mechanism for moving the arms and an observer with telescope dictating to a secretary 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J. Goetz from Friedrich Jo...